Endometrial scratch has gained great popularity over the past few years after the original work published by A Barash in 2003 (1). Nowadays, many IVF clinics offer endometrial scratching, as an IVF add-on, although it is still not clear whether it is of any benefit and to which group of infertile women.
They want to have the highest chance of getting pregnant after infertility treatment. And they are not alone. Infertile patients and doctors are together in this. The challenge, though, is to minimise the risks, in particular, keep the chance of having a multiple pregnancy as low as it gets.
Miscarriage history linked to longer time to achieve pregnancy, the Norwegian Mother, Father and Child Cohort Study suggests. Both the time it takes to get pregnant, as well as miscarrying of a pregnancy, are important indicators of fertility in women. That the risk of miscarrying is higher after a
What if regular use of certain supplements could bring pregnancy sooner? What if regular use of certain supplements could bring that pregnancy sooner? The time it takes to get pregnant is an all too common discussion among women. The longer it takes, the higher the stress and anxiety
Aspects of ovarian stimulation protocols prior to chemotherapy for breast cancer Maximising the yield of oocytes in breast cancer patients during fertility preservation treatment is a key target, while, at the same time, maintaining low serum oestrogen levels to avoid a risk of tumour acceleration. Breast
Sleeping less than 7 hours a night is associated with a reduced number of eggs when having IVF treatment, a recent study shows. While a short time of night sleep may seem to have a negative impact on fertility, the same holds, it appears, for sleeping more than 9-10 hours a night
Clinical pregnancy rates after IVF treatment seem to have been stabilising around the unimpressive rate of 36%, according to the European IVF-Monitoring Consortium for the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (1). Despite technological advances in laboratory techniques and quality assurance implementation, efficacy of IVF still remains
Exposure on environmental pollutants is an emerging cause of infertility and pregnancy complications Industrial development has resulted in fundamental changes in our everyday lives, from the way we work, to the lifestyles we adopt as a society. Although we have come to enjoy much more with considerably much
The period of time that starts 6 days before your ovulation and ends on the day of ovulation is the time when pregnancy is possible during your cycle. Also known as the “fertile window”, this is the time when you need to have sex with your partner, so that
IVF treatment serves as an objective study model to check ovarian and endometrial function in women who have been vaccinated against SARS-CoV-2. Early in the beginning of last year, following unsubstantiated claims suggesting a negative impact of mRNA SARS-CoV-2 vaccines on female fertility, many women decided to withhold